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Dr. Carvalho from Los Angeles, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dr. Carvalho's classroom raised $776

Aspiring Engineers Need Filament to Print Their Creations

Help me give my students 3D printer filament so that they can print out their creations.

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Dr. Carvalho John Adams Middle School
Los Angeles, CA Grades 6-8

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

At our Middle School in South Los Angeles, we have a growing community of aspiring engineers in our newly opened STEM magnet program. This program has breathed new life into our school community, of which nearly all students are eligible for free or reduced lunch. In our program, students learn essential skills in STEM while they explore the many opportunities within STEM-related careers.

If you visit our school, you will see our aspiring engineers tinkering away creating projects to help the community - can you help them create more with filament for our 3D printer?

Luckily, we received a 3D printer, a Method XL, thanks to a grant we worked hard to get. Now we need to purchase filament for our new 3D printer.

In the school library, students have seen the 3D printer set up for weeks now, but are unable to use it without the filament. They ask me daily when they will get to use it, and some even have projects already created on TinkerCAD that they wish to print. Your support will help our students use this resource.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

700 students impacted 4 donors
Dr. Carvalho John Adams Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

700 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MakerBot METHOD Series - 5-pack - black, red, natural - ABS-R filament • CDW-G $568.80 1 $568.80

Materials cost

$568.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $52.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$659.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$116.36

Total project goal

$775.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $775.74

4 Donors

-$677.38

Donations toward project cost

-$659.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$98.36

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 $0.00

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